| Petunia Jackson | 埃塞尔·沃特斯
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| Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson | 埃迪·安德森
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| Georgia Brown | 莱娜·霍恩
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| The Trumpeter | 路易斯·阿姆斯特朗
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| Lucifer Jr./Lucius Ferry | Rex Ingram
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| The General/Rev. Greene | Kenneth Spencer | |
| Domino Johnson (as 'Bubbles' John W. Sublett) | John William Sublett | |
| The Deacon/Fleetfoot | Oscar Polk | |
| First Idea Man | Mantan Moreland | |
| Second Idea Man | Willie Best | |
| Third Idea Man (as Moke [Fletcher Rivers]) | Fletcher Rivers | |
| Fourth Idea Man (as Poke Leon James) | Leon James Poke | |
| Messenger Boy (as 'Buck' Ford L. Washington) | Ford Washington Lee | |
| Bill | Bill Bailey | |
| Lily | Butterfly McQueen
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| Mrs. Kelso | Ruby Dandridge | |
| Dude (as Nicodemus Stewart) | Nick Stewart | |
| Jim Henry | Ernest Whitman | |
| Himself | Duke Ellington
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| Themselves | Hall Johnson Choir | |
| Themselves | Duke Ellington Orchestra | |
| Dancer | Archie Savage | |
| (uncredited) | Aranelle Harris | |
| (uncredited) | Henry Phace Roberts | |
